I didn’t use this Matt Wuerker cartoon the other day, but not because I thought it was unfair.Wuerker has been through a ghastly, unfair gauntlet of on-line and media pile-on bullying, an explosive wave of toxic stupidity that should appall decent folks, if there are any left.I didn’t do all the digging required to find […]
I’m posting from a Holiday Inn in Denver on my last day out-of-pocket, and feeling a bit like this April, 2000, Arlo and Janis classic.I’m near the airport, I’ve got a noon flight and I have time to do a regular posting about today’s comics, but … well, first of all (Arlo side), I still have some […]
Here’s an oddity that might have appeared in Mad Magazine rather than under its own label: Rex Morgan doesn’t simply confront the Dorian Gray element of a strip that has been around this long, but challenges readers to take it seriously themselves.It’s a fun break in a process of reinvention that apparently includes wrapping up […]
I’m back and, as it happens, moreso than I had reason to expect. I’ve been sliced and diced and apparently, rather than simply holding back the Beast, they got it completely.Which puts my expiration date into the vague future and so I should look both ways before crossing the road, because stepping in front of a […]
Steve Benson offers this depiction of the Supreme Court ruling in Abramski v. United States, in which the Court ruled against so-called “straw purchasers” or people who purchase guns on behalf of others.Despite the straw man’s argument, the Court did not grant an exception for bogus purchases made on behalf of sweet, innocent little Dorothy, ruling […]
Drew Litton with a sports-cartoonist’s confession on the eve of the World Cup.There is more joy in Rio over one commentator who repents than over 99 who got it from the get-go.American indifference to the World Cup I can sorta kinda understand, at least if you add “Over 50” as a qualifier. Most Americans under […]
I was a bit coy yesterday about the whole Bill Watterson/Stephan Pastis thing because, at the pre-dawn hour when I was cobbling it together, the story still seemed confined to the insider sites and I didn’t want to spoil the surprise for people who had missed the reveal.About 30 seconds later, it was all over […]
Alex is a British comic strip about business, and I’m willing to admit that my years of writing about business, combined with childhood subscriptions to Swift, Eagle and finally Punch may have set me up for this one.However, it’s not so businessy and British that it won’t work for a general audience elsewhere, and today’s […]
What better, on the day after my blogging site goes down, than this delightful Jen Sorensen rant about Adobe’s toxic lock on graphics and layout?Not only does it continue the theme of our vulnerability to other people’s technical problems, but continues the insights into inner workings. (If you missed yesterday’s posting, please scroll down — […]
Bug Martini either works on wicked-tight deadlines or stumbled into this topic just at the right moment: Keith Richards is now writing a children’s book.As mentioned recently, I read to my own kids and have read to my grandkids. And I know the feeling of having a small child come up with a book and […]
I like this Kevin Siers panel for the message itself but I’m particularly impressed with his ability to make good use of an odd and viral news story.The story itself is as bizarre in its way as the phenomenon Siers uses it to comment on.With regards to the actual zoo, it took a lot of […]
Let’s join the New Year’s Eve 1913 party, already in progress over at Bud Fisher’s. (There will be lots of clicking to get larger versions today, by the way. On my computer, Chrome allows scrolling down on those pull-outs, Firefox does not.)Nice of him to apply labels. A lot of familiar faces, but not all […]
I went into my various stashes of political cartoons this morning knowing that, with the budget crisis having hit an armistice overnight, a lot of the commentary would be out-of-date even if it was filed yesterday. That may have put me into a mindset whereby timing, fortunate or otherwise, was forefront. Take today’s Tank McNamara, […]
I’m still gone. If you haven’t broken into my house and cleaned it out yet, please hurry. I’d hate to get back and find all that crap still there. Don’t forget under the bed, and in the closets. The sweaters should probably go to the dry cleaners before next fall. Well, I guess you’d notice […]
Okay, this is beyond my experience. Heart of the City is in an arc in which Heart’s mom is taking her and her buddy Kat to a One Direction concert, One Direction being, as that link will show you, a for-real androgynous pre-teen pre-fab group.(And let me pause here to give Mark Tatulli props for referencing […]